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Tarun P. Shibu

3×3 · top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time · competing since January 2020 · 2020SHIB01

Tarun P. Shibu has been competing for 7 years. His best event is the 3×3: a personal-best single of 7.16, set at Cubing Kerala Malabar Open 2023, puts him in the top 1.5% of the 284,439 people who have ever been ranked in the event, and 134th in India. Until July 2008, no official 3×3 solve in the world had been that fast. Across 2 competitions since January 2020, he has put 35 official solves on the record across three events. His 3×3 best has come down from 28.53 in January 2020 to 7.16, a 75% improvement. Tarun has entered two competitions.

3×3
best event — top 1.5% of 284,439 all-time
7.16
signature single · Cubing Kerala Malabar Open 2023
35
official solves on the record

Standing, event by event

vs everyone ever ranked
EventPB singlePB averageAll-time standingIndia
3×37.1610.02
top 1.5%134 / 20,018
2×22.193.40
top 6.1%474 / 12,146
3×3 one-handed23.1033.03
top 29.0%1,052 / 4,516

Percentile against all competitors ever ranked in each event, a fairer measure than raw rank, because the pools differ by a factor of ten.

The line so far

DY Patil Cube Open 2020: 28.53Cubing Kerala Malabar Open 2023: 7.167.1628.5312 Jan 202029 Apr 2023

Best single per competition, 3×3. Faster is higher — the axis is the right way up.

The story so far

Competitions

Reading this page: a single is one solve's time · an average is the middle three of five solves, best and worst discarded · a PB is a personal best · a DNF (did not finish) is an attempt with no valid result: a popped piece, an unsolved face, an over-limit memorisation · top X% compares against everyone ever ranked in that event, which is fairer than raw rank because event pools differ tenfold.

The circuit

The people whose scorecards keep turning up next to his.

  • Dhyan C P — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Nived Anoop — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times
  • Kevin Maran — met in 5 rounds, finished ahead 4 times

Next targets

  • A sub-6 3×3 single — 1,376 people have one; it is 1.16 away.
  • A sub-2 2×2 single — 8,848 people have one; it is 0.19 away.

Targets move as he improves.